ZTECorporation,a leading global provider of telecommunications equipment and network solutions,announced on November 23,2010 that it has successfully completed the world’s first large-scale commercial GPON-based mobile backhaul network for TELKOM Indonesia,a full-service telecom operator in Indonesia.The project is the first such large-scale commercialization of GPONbackhaul technology,and is based on ZTE’s mobile network platform.

With Indonesia’s strong growth in broadband demand in recent years,TELKOM Indonesia needed to meet traditionalvoice service demands and its current extensive range of broadband services such as high-speed Internet,IPTVand online games,while also considering the integration of fixed and mobile networks to cater for future bandwidth growth.

Recognizing the need to deploy a GPONbased Mobile Backhaul solution to meet the complex networking and bearing requirements involved in business scenarios today,TELKOM Indonesia embarked on the use of GPON technology in 2009.Since the network was put into operation in 2009,users have been able to enjoy improved high-speed internet speeds and service experiences.

The report by Point Topic also made note that the current top 10 fast broadband growth countries are mostly in Asia Pacific and Southeast Asia;including China,Indonesia,Philippines,Vietnam and Pakistan.Alongside this venture with TELKOM Indonesia,ZTEis also implementing projects with China Telecom,Telecom Malaysia and other Asia Pacific operators,to help drive the Asian-Pacific broadband development and deployment into an"accelerated fast lane,"so as to achieve"Asia-Pacific FTTx construction mode"according to the report.